Missile projecting device



B. F. KAHLER ETAL MISSILE PROJECTING DEVICE July 28, 1931.

Filed Oct. 21, 1929 IIIIIIII I," '1

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BY My 7775/]? ATTORNEY,

5 mounting and which Patented July 28, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEPAUL F. KAHL ER AND STANLEY S. WICKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MISSILEr'nomorrne DEVICE Application filed October 21, 1929.

so arranged as will permit manipulationwithout harm or injury to thechild or amusing himself with the toy.

thereof playing A still further object of the invention is the novelmanner of mounting and positioning the missile in the path of aprojector whereby the missile may be mounted in its mounting in the mostconvenient manner thus greatly increasing the attractiveness of the toy.

A still further object of the invention reprojecting arrangement sidesin the novel .which is desi ned to project a missile from a projectingarrangement has a convenient arrangement whereby the parts mayautomatically be retracted position or in the position to be .releasedinto striking engagement with the missile to project the latter.

A still further object of the invention isv the simplicity of thearrangement of the parts thereby affording the manufacture and marketingof a toy which is not only attractive to a child but which is alsoinexpensive.

A still further object of the invention resides in the toy comprisingthe minimum number of parts for the purpose of accomplishing the resultof similar toys which have been found to consist of an excessive numberof expensively manufactured parts thereby affording this inexpensivemanufacture and marketing. a

A still further object of the invention resides in the novel relationbetweenthe projecting elements and the elements operating theseprojecting elements thereby affording positive operation of the deviceupon each settingto project a missile, a

Other objects will appear hereinafter manually set in ear 21 to whichthe opposite serial in. 401,213.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsto be hereina-fterdescribed and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a cross sectional detail view of the device embodying ourinvention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on the line 3-3 onFig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional detail view of a missile projecting deviceembodying our invention showing a construction; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the device shown in Fig. 4.

slightly modified form of In the drawings we have shown the preferredform of construction and in this connec-' tion, reference being had moreparticularly to Fig. 1, but improved missile projecting device or toycomprises a body 10 which may be formed of any suitable material so asto provide a hollow interior 11. In the preferable and presentinstancethis body 10 is shaped to form a pistol like object with abarrel 12 and a hollow handle portion 13. The body 10 may be formed of asingle sheet of material bent in the shape of a toy pistol in which thesides thereof may be secured together by means of rivets 14.

Arranged in this body is a spring 15 having its end 16 secured to thebarrel 12 as at 17.

The handle 13 is provided with an archated slot 18 through whichprojects a head 19 movable in a of the slot 18. This head 19is providedby an arm 20. This arm is pivotally supported within the body 10 bymeansof one of the plane coincident with the plane rivets 14. This armprovides a perforated spring 15 is connected as at 23; v I

As shown, the'head 19 is substantially in the formof an are for reasonsto be hereinafter set forth. v a

The handle 13 is provided with a slot 24 and projecting through thisslot 24 is a finger 25 f rmed as part of a trigg r 26 pivot end 22 ofthe present instance is in of the trigger. 26 the with a substantiallyrounded or curved head 29.

On the barrel there provided a missile mounting device and in thepresent instance this missile mounting device includes two spaced cars30 of yieldable material so that the ears will have a tendency to yieldtoward each other. These ears may be formed, as in the present instance,by striking the same from the top wall 31 of the barrel. The missile isindicated at 32 and this missile in the the form of a disc.

In. mounting this missile 32. the same is positioned upon the wall 10 sothat a portion thereof will be disposed between the ears 3O and isthereby frictionally held in the path of the projector head 19.

In operation the projector head and arm 19 and 20 respectively isretracted into the position shown in Fig. 1 and held against the pullingaction of the spring 15 by means of the keeper 27 The missile is mountedin its mounting in the path of the projector head 19. By holding thehandle 13 in the hand with the index finger resting on the fingerprojector head may be released for action by the spring 15 to strike themissile 32 to project the same from its mounting by bringing the indexfinger against the finger 25 so as to pivot the trigger and move thekeeper 27 from engagement with the latch arm 28.

To reseat the trigger and arm for another operation the user firmlygrips the projector head between the fingers, pivoting the samedownwardly against the action of the spring 15. During this downwardpivotal movement of the head19 the curved portion i 3 thereof willengage the rounded head 29, pivot thetrigger to dispose the finger 25outwardly of the slot 24 and move the keeper plate in position to.engage to the rear of the latch arm 28' and thus hold the arm 20 andprojector head 19 against pivotal movement by action; of the spring whenthe latch Sirmis released from the keeper. 1

From. this it will be seen that the parts extremely simple. inarrangement and easily operated by a child.

Referring now; more particularly to. they modified form OfCOIlStIUOllOHshown'in Figs.

4 and" 5.

In this instance the modification primarily resides in the. projectingoperating mechanism and missile mounting. Therefore, parts in thismodification which are similar to the parts illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3inclusive will be indicated by the same reference characters.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the projector in thisinstance is formed from a sheet of material bent substantially L- shapedto provide an arm 34. This arm 34 has the end 22 of the spring 15attached thereto as at 23. The arm 34 provides a projector head 35 and alatch arm 36 and is pivoted to one of the rivets 14 as at 37. H j

The trigger is indicated at 38 and this trigger is formed from a blockof material having a portion thereon cut away to provide a curved edge39. This trigger 38 is pivotally connected at one corner 40 to the body10 by means of one of the rivets 14. The trigger is.

provided with a slot 41 through which projects another of the rivets 14as indicated at 42, sail slot and rivet serving to limit the pivotalmovement of the trigger 38. The finger gripping portion of the triggeris indi cated at 43 .and. as shown this finger portion projects throughthe slot 44, as does the projector head 35, when the arm 34 is in aretracted position. As shown, the arm 34 provides a curved head 45 forreasons to be herein after understood.

The trigger 38 at its out out portion provides a keeper 46 which isadapted to engage the latch arm 36 when the arm 34 is in its retractedposition against the pulling action of:

the spring 12.

The sides 47 of the body 10 are slotted as e at 48 to provide two spacedhorizontally arranged fingers 49, between which the missile 50 isyieldably positioned in a horizontal plane. By the use of this missilemounting the thickness of the missile may vary.

In the use of this projecting device the handle 13 is firmly gripped inthe hand with the palm of the hand bearing against the finger 43. Bysqueezing the hand so as to clamp the handle therebetween the palm willpivot'the trigger 38 forwardly releasing, the keeper 46 from the latcharm 36, and permitting the arm 34 to be moved by action of the spring 12to strike the missile 50 from be-.

tweenthe fingers 49.

To reset the projecting parts of the gun, the projecting head 35 isgrasped between the fingers and pivoted downwardly.

ment will come into contact with the curved edge 39 pivoting the trigger38 outwardly so as to dispose the keeper 46 to the rear of the latch arm36 and releasably holding the arm the shape and I The .i rounded edge45during this downward moveconstruction of the body 10 it is to beunderstood that this body may be of any particular shape or design andformed of any approved material.

While we have shown in Fig. 4: the arm 3A being formed from a sheet ofmaterial bent to the form illustrated it is obvious that this arm 34 maybe of a solid structure and that the trigger 38 instead of being a solidstructure as shown may be formed from a sheet of material of the formshown in Fig. 4.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. lVe, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. A projecting toy comprising a pivotally supported projector memberincluding a latch and a projector head, a pivotally supported triggerproviding a keeper, said head having a substantially rounded corner andsaid trigger having a head provided with a curved edge, said projectorhead serving as a finger gripping portion whereby to manually retractthe projector and said rounded corner being adapted when said projectoris being moved to retracted position to engage saidrounded edge to movethe trigger to dispose the keeper in latched engagement with the latchwhereby to hold said projector in said retracted position, means forurging said projector in projecting action when said latch is releasedfrom said keeper, and a finger portion for operating said triggerwhereby to release said keeper from said latch.

2. A missile projecting toy comprising a body having an open slot, apivotally supported projector including a latch and a projector headmovable through the slot and projecting outwardly therebeyond apivotally supported trigger provi ing a keeper, said head having asubstantially rounded corner and said trigger having a head providedwith a curved edge, said projector head serving as a finger grippingportion whereby to manually retract the projector and said roundedcorner being adapted when said projector is being moved to retractedposition to engage said rounded edge to move the trigger to dispose thekeeper in latched engagement with the latch whereby to hold saidprojector in said retracted position, means for urging said projector inprojecting action when .said latch is released from said keeper, and afinger portion for operating said trigger whereby to release said keeperfrom said latch.

3. A projecting toy comprising a pivotally supported projector memberincluding a latch and a projector head, a pivotally from said keepen.and a fingerportion for operating said trigger 'whereby'to release saidkeeper from said latch.

' 4. A missile projecting toy, comprising a body having an open slot, apivotallysupported projector including'a latch and a projector headmovable through the slotand arojecting outwardly ally supported triggerproviding a keeper, said head having a substa'ntially rounded corner andsaid trigger having a head provided with a curved edge, sa1d pro ectorhead a serving as a finger gr pping port1onwheretherebeyond, a pivotbytomanually retract the projector and adapted when said said rounded cornerbeing to retracted p0s1- projector is being moved tion to engage saidrounded edge to move keeper 1n latched 1 the triggerto. dispose theengagement with the latchwhereby to hold said. projector in saidretracted position, a spring member for urging said-projector inprojecting action When said latch'is released from said keeper, and afinger portion for operatmg said trigger whereby to release said keeperfrom said latch. I i

j a 5. A missileprojecting toy comprising a body havingan open slotformed therein, a projector memberpivotally supported by the Ibodyand-having ap'rojector head movable through the slot and extendingoutwardly therefrom, a trigger pivotally supported by the body, a keeperprovided by the trigger, a latch provided by the projector member andengageable by the keeper when in a retracted position, and meansproviding a slid able connection between the trigger and the body forlimiting pivotal movement of the trigger in opposite correspondingdirections.

6. A missile projecting toy comprising a body having an open slot formedtherein, a projector member pivotally supported by the body and having aprojector head movable through the slot and extending routwardlytherefrom, a trigger pivotally sup ported by the body, a keeper providedby the trigger, a latch provided by the projector member and engageableby the keeper when in a retracted position, and a slot and pinconnection providing a slidable connection between the trigger and thebody for limiting'pivotal movementyof the trigger in op-' positecorresponding directions;

7. A missile projecting device comprising a body providing a stock and abarrel, said 6 body having an arcuate slot extending from the rear endof the barrel downwardly along the rear wall of thestock, a projectingmember pivotally mounted in said body and including a head projectingout of and adapt,- ed to-travel. through said slot in the path of amissile adapted to be supported on the upper wall of the barrel in thepath of movement of said head, means for impelling said head throughsaid slot, and means forcontrolling'movement of saidprojecting memberand said head, said means including a latch provided by said projectingmember and a pivotal trigger, including a keeper portion adapted ininoperative position toengage said latch and prevent movement of said.projecting member;

8. A missile projecting device comprising a body providing va stock anda barrel, said body having an arcuate slot extending from -the rear endof the barrel downwardly along the rear wall of the stock, aprojectingmember pivotallymounted in said body and including ahead projecting outof and adapted to travel through said slot in the path of a missile.adapted on the upper wall of the barrel inthe pathof movement of saidhead, means for impelling said head through said slot, and means forcontrolling movement of said projecting member and said head, said meansincluding a latch provided by said projecting member and a pivotaltrigger forming a part of said. stock, said trigger 1ncludinga portionadapted to project through said slot so as to be operable by manualpressure from the rear of the stock, and including a keeper portionadapted ininoperative position, to engage said latch and preventmovement of said projecting member;

In, testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

PAUL F. KAHLER. STANLEY S. WICKER.

